Within-subject variation of seminal parameters in men with infertile marriages

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 174-181

  Francavilla, F ^a   Barbonetti, A ^a   Necozione, S ^a   Santucci, R ^a   Cordeschi, G ^a   Macerola, B ^a   Francavilla, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Seasonality; Semen analysis; Sexual abstinence; Within subject variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HOMOLOGOUS; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEASONS; SEMEN; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249085903     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2006.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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